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India won the opening Test of a campaign on Australian soil for the first time. Australia needing a record fourth-innings run chase to claim victory fell short by 31 runs, thanks to some lower order hitting by the tail and eventually Josh Hazlewood was dismissed with the final ball before tea. Apart from the first two sessions when India was down having lost early wickets, the tourists dominated the rest of the match. The Indians were on the ascending position right from the time Pujara scored a remarkable ton in the first innings.

Virat Kohli walked out to boos from the Australian fans at the Adelaide Oval on day 3 of the first Test. The Indian captain though put his head down and batted with conviction. The negative reaction from the home crowd comes after Kohli was criticised by Australian coach Justin Langer for his wicket celebrations particularly that of Aaron Finch in the first inning of the Test.

Cheteshwar Pujara, the “Test Saint” from Saurashtra, has many things in common with the great Rahul Dravid. First and foremost he places a high value on his wicket. Both batted at an extremely crucial position at number three. There is striking coincidence in their scoring in Tests. Both these batsmen took the same number of innings to reach their milestone runs. 3,000 runs in 67 innings, 4,000 runs in 84 innings and 5,000 runs in 108 innings.